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s THE ST. LOUIS BErUBLIC: MOffD'AY. JULY 18, 190."
if; ''Reasonableness of Religion," "A Runaway Preacher," "Demoniacal Possession,"
Read what Tim Corbett, Ex-Champion
Prize Fighter of the World, has to say
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By the Reverend Doctor S. C. Palmsr.
By the Reverend Edward W. McCIusky.
By the Reverend Doctor Mlchac! Burnham.
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PREACHED IN ST. LOUIS PULPITS
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"Fate the1 llou of viulnvllinfr tlutv- in In rit n iltiri .soinitinn
his nn ulj sippiMi.inif to I lio foresight, hut spi to wink to pirloim it
and sec what tlio !iin.iprlit" will rovonl 'I rue . ind litiu luppim-vs
net or tonus fioni rtiiimii,; awa from dutv." The Heu(uil lalvvard
Vv". Jit Cu-U
The veiy brevity and pio-mt Ilmll.itinns" to life are .111 argument
for its value. We have hut one life, and a t-hort. theliiu one nt th.it.
UisliketlioyoiilliAvhotiniKtli.it his time for life's piepnation is
brief, and if missed, then forever." 'I he Reverend Joeplms Stephen.
"The most icacoiinble thins to do is to aettpt the facts, taiuht
alike in the Uililp and vv itnet-MvI to in our on epeuenee. and knovv
inj: that we are fiee to choose, to see to it tint we choose the light,
and then depend upon hi t-overeicn pocr lo save us" The Keveieml
Doctor S. C. Palmer.
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DOGMAS OF CHRISTIANITY
ARE NOT UNREASONABLE.
Hofrcnd Doctor Ilmr PitNtnr of
Lafarttr I'nrU. Prrlij tm Inn
CJiarch Upfc-nils 'Ienchtnpr.
T1ip Reverend Dortor S c Palmar
preached on lh "RannnfolP!tes of Ke
lifion" 1 the Lafjette Park Preslutc
rian Church cstrda morninc. taking
for his text Iilali i. 1 "Come nn, Ut
us reason together iit!i the Lord '
"What marvelous con descend on N this1
Jehovah stoops to rtMon uith min the
rebel. H mfht hie cnishiM him in
stead, blottpd him out of pxltoncc In
stead of that the Iord, Jcioah com"
and stands ncIde the inner nd Nn s
"Come. now. let us reason together.' lie
said. In part:
"There are those -who reject the reli
gion of the Bible, or place little store by
it. because, as they sn, it is unroion-
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DOCTOR S C. PALMER.
Pastor of the Lafav ette Park Presbj terian
Chuich.
able: that It is simplv an appeal to su
perstition and prejudice The Bible and
the lellglon it teaches invites investiga
tion. As matter of fact, no other subject
has been subjected to such rigid investi
gation during the centuries
"The text is an appeal to reason. The
entire verse is one of the few which mod
rn scholarship has left unchanged in the
revision We maj asume that the trans
lation from the Hebrew into English Is
absolutely correct. 'Come, now. let us
reason together,' salth the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though the be like crim
son, they shall bo as wool '
"To show that the fundamental doc
trines of the Bible are in accord with
reason and that the practical require
ments of the religion ft teaches are ra
tional is the purpose of this discourse.
"The doctrine of the existence of a per
sonal God herein taught is not an apecal
to superstition but 1 in the highest sense
reasonable. The profoundest scholarship
of the world has stood with uncovered
head before that opening sentence of the
Bible: 'In the beginning God The
human mind, it is true, is unable to reach
back to that dateless period, "In the begin
ning.' but it is most surelj In accord with
reason to place the omnipotent God back
of it all.
"To believe that there is no self-conscious
power behind the world, behind the
nystems of worlds that astronomers tell
us fill the skies. Is not rational. If ou find
the print of a human foot on an uninhab
ited island, you know that some human be
ing has been there Not to bcliee it would
bo Irrational. If, going further. you find
a house, furnished, a garden with vegeta
bles and flowers growing !p orderlj rows,
you would surely be convinced that what
you had supposed was an uninhabited
Island had human dwellers upon it some
where, even though you had not seen
them and nev er should see them It would
not be an appeal to superstition to affirm
with dogmatic earnestness, "this island is
dwelt upon bj human beings.'
"To believe that a blinu personless
cause Is sufficient to account for the or
ganized sjstem of life ever where to be
seen about us Is Indeed Intellectual sui
cide. Everywhere we see evidences of de
sign, of a well-defined plan. There cannot
be a design without a designer, nor a plan
without a planner. In the beginning was
God.'
""True, all minds do not see God behind
nature, neither do all ejes see the beau
ties of art. nor do all ears respond to the
sweet harmonies of music. To denv the
existence of a pergonal God. as taught in
these Scriptures, is indeed the summit of
unreasonableness. It is onlv the fool who
has said In his heart, or with his lips
"there is no God '
"It is reasonable to believe that the
character of this God Is as set forth In
the Bible. "God is a Spirit, infinite, eter
nal, unchangeable, in his behic. wisdom
power, holiness, justice, goodness and
truth. Each of these descriptive words
weighs, more than a ton Such being his
character, it is reasonable to assume that
finite minds would not be able to compre
hend him cither in h's being or in his
government. 'We .ire taught that he is
one God 'n three persons Many have
made shipwreck of reason and faith alike
because they could not comprehend how
this could be The fact of sin and suffer
ing and death, which everj where con
front us. uermitted by this God. Is as
yet an unsolved mjstery The most rea
sonable explanation is that given us In
this book
"The fact that this God is sovereign,
foreordaining whatsoever comes to pass.
Is clearly taught in these paces. With
equal clearness It Is taught that man Is
free to choose as he will Because the
finite mind is unable In all Its philosophy
to harmonize these facts countless divi
sions have occurred, and not a few have
made shipwreck of their souls The most
reasonable thins to do Is to accept the
feet s. taught alike in the Bible and wit
nessed to in our own experience, and
knowing wa are free to choose, to see to
It that we choose the right, and then de
prnd upon his sovereign power to keep us.
The doctrine of the incarnation is rea
sonable. W hethcr to j ou It Is or not de
pends upon vour conception of God If to
you he be simply an almighty force out
side his world, with nn directing hand up
on Its destinies: or if he be like men, self
ish, out of sympathy with suffering and
Indifferent to the miseries of men. then
the lncarnatloi Is unreasonable. But If
he be a God of love, as herein represent
ed, then the Incarnation is not only rea
sonable, oat Inevitable.
"Human reason may not be able to
solve the mvstery of how 'God was mani
fest In the flesh but knowing what we do
o God, and knowing what we do of our
own lives, of our sins, our needs, our suf
ferings, our fears, our longings. It would
indeed have been an unsolved mystery if
rtod had not In some way come to the
rescue. The Scriptures affirm that he came
by the way of the Bethlehem manger. It
la reasonable to believe It.
"And then the lfe he lived among men.
o at forth in the irosnels. Is iust such a.
life aa It would be reasonable to expect, f
his wonderful 'eT-hlngs His miglitv mir
acles all ore just vvlnt vv -lio-ild i x
Vect finn a ;oJ who loves us with an m
finite love, ard it is ri isomulo to be
1'eve: it
"Kqualn true is it that the iloi trine of
Gethsemane av t'jlvarv 1 rtionble
God lovtd thi weld loved vou an.l me.
moie thin h" lovl lus on exemption
from lain and sufit-r.iiB The cro-. a
the supnmest ""icn!lco of infinite love
The .ltonem it a sot foith in tin III
ble Is the most letso-iable of ill ration ll
truths Had ,Irjs rot set his hi" f.ice
steidfastlv toufd lenisilem had he IN
t net! to the 1 unnrow- drill inds to mike
him a'Kin thai i iv aftei lie hid fl the
thousands, had he one back to heaven
bv anv other j iha.i the moss it wouli
have hen the most iinre.isomb e th in:
that the God of the Scriptures could bnve
done
"In the ame wav 1 holdlv na,-eit tint
th dottrlnn of the les-urection in mo-t
reasonable It was tho llttlnc climax of
the life ho hid iivel 11 d the lnftv dnc
times he hid taught If we believe tint
he wis indeed the Hon of Grri It would he
the most ir'alioinl unrea omfolo thins
imaginable If he hid not riren ftom the
dean.
'The practical requirements of this re
ligion ire also most thoroughlv In iccord
vith reason Everj where these Scriptures
rtqullo taith on the part of men Palth is
pre-eminentlj reasonable We have faith
in ou"- fel'ow-men. Iirge faith even in
men we htvo never seen and never expect
to ee Wlthoat faith all business would
become paralvzcd. ro man would dare to
make a check on any bank. We should
een be afraid to tike or use paptr or
silver monev 11 travel would tease
since we had no filth either in those who
manage ard run our cars steam or eltc
trie, nor faith In the man who "Its and
directs when and where all trains sh-iH
meet and pass We should starve with
hunger and die with thirst did we not luve
faith in our fellow-men
'Now, if there be a God as we htve
seen It Is reasonab e to believe tijen it
is most reasonable that he should require
and expect faith from us "Without faith
It is impossible to pleace Gol ' There
was no one thing tint more pletsed Jesus
when he dwelt amon men th m to find
faith in himself, and nothing moiesrieved
him than this same lack of filth In thH
respect, as In others, 'He is the same jes
terdav, to-diy and forever.'
"These scriptures require resentence for
sin Repentence Is reasonable Sin ex
ists Not a human heart is free from its
blight and stain It is Just this that the
Lird stoops to reason with men about in
the text and context We frsauentlj sin
igainst our fellow -men and thev nrons
us In word and deed To refuse to rifcht
the wrong is most unreasonable But to
repent ard seek to make reparation it
rational and reasonable But all sin is
primarily against God 'Against thee, and
thee onlj. have I sinned." crie the repent
ant David Sin Is bad enough In itself,
but sin known and defended as though it
were right Is utterly indefensible at the
bar of retson
"With repentance comes confession, first
of the sin, and second of the Christ, who
bore the punishment due to our sins This,
too, is strictly in accord with reason To
refuse to do so is utterly unreasonable.
This appears even when we applj the
test t.- our human friendship
Suppose you have done another an injury
by word or deed, and vou refuse either to
repent or to make confession How long
think you the friendship could last? Or
suppose one has done for you the greatest
possible kindness, and you ignore his pres
ence, refuse to acknowledge such an one
as your friend, scarce ever speak of him,
and when you do it is with some slighting
remark. Think what favor Jesus has done
for you In bearing jour sins and their lust
punishment, and jou refuse to acknowl
edge him Can you think of anv thing
more unnatural, more unreasonable?
"Equally reasonable is the exercise of
praver. If, Indeed, we have a Father in
heaven what could be more reasonable
than that we should definitely speak to
him in praver? Think of a chfld enjojing
the bonntj of an earthlv father and that
child allowing dajs to pass without even
speaking to that father. Would it not be
most unnatural, unreasonable?
"So It may be said of all the duties con
nected with our religion, the church with
its Sunday and midweek cervices, the holy
sacraments, and all other appointed
means 01 grace iney are all In strict ac
cord with reason It goes without saving
that the mm who does not use these
means of grace, who lives a praverless
life, remains away from his church and
Its services of praver and praise. Keepi
anav from the communion table such an
one has ceased to grow as a Christian He
Is dead while he lives."
PRACTICAL LESSONS FOR
A CHRISTIAN'S DAILY LIFE.
'llie Reverend KtllTard ltriunU nt
Curbv Memorial PresliTtcrlnn
Chnrch Deliver "emiou.
At the Curbv Jlemorlal Presbj terian
Church jesteiday evening the Iteveiend
Edward W. JIcClusk preached the first
in a series of sermons on Jonah, his
theme being, "A Ilunawav Preacher." He
said, in part
"Jly object in preaching a series of sei
imons on the book of Jonah is to derive
r
' ' ' '' o .
runawav. or as on who wll'ful! bavs,
.Nul tliv will but mine O I.onl, be done
'Gods till to Jomtn wis a ptrsnn.il
om rht idn of ptrsonaliti ind indi
vulualb Is om that st em ever to have
been toiinecUd Willi the work of the I.oid
lie ctlkil brnm to ban tnc land of his
ftthcis and go to a land tint h would
ho mm He came to the it mine wnere
. 1 I1II11 . I lid down to 'lui ncsi 'c the
arK, mdtallttl bainutl b titiuel ' Heap
Ittrtl in Hie suluiult 01 th Hill- of
Mnltau 111 tin burning bush and call- d
Mn-3 to tin miht task of lei In snip
When oiii was in iiin? the Mimtnit 01 the
sue e-s of his lmciiiibd zal tie Lord
itndirlv called lo nini haul Haul wh
l iis cutest thou 111' As to his sin ep he
knon Iht in ill tij nime s to lit
"Hants his ivcn 10 evrj mm his
woik. old tho woik ,-nvtn to oiio tnnot
bt Ktoinpli'hi d bv uiolher Tnuswaie
not givii 11 it nn tasks In mere ill iihp.
but it nut -ars .u o mi to the king we
will htai his jiei xinal eill and rpH ,
lril what will thou Inve me to do.'
Cod " tall 10 lonah wis an urgent one
Arise go In the Hebrew the word arire
Used lidoip the word 'go Implies et Ite
nient Ir H snnil ii lo tne 1 alibis' 01 I.ot
from Sodom, 01 the cilllmr of tne firemen
1 Hit 1 inning building to stc the parish
in.!
It shojM be responded to spedllv
There is 110 time for nibbing the es t
saving A little more slumber d little more
cleep True, men pever litsnmo when
hvts are in the bilmre In ronnertlon
with tlhnc an untruth David gtv. u
rr ssl l to i great truth when h" sid to
Ahimeltin Til Kings huMmss rnuir-d 1
ha"-te Ztrlmlth saw ind recognli d
h iven onietv for mills safi when
one angel spoki to anrtlier and ald Run
speak to that voting man Jehu had 1 great
imnv f mils no aoubt hut tint of his vlr
tti.s was ibHt he did not let the grass
grow und"i- his fi or Tne watchman said
The driving 10 like the driving of Jehu
foi he driveth fuilouslv Ills motto
st.med to ! What thou doeft, do quick
it Is Mntveh perishing' Tnen shHil the
strvant of the Lord he innlfferent or hesl
tating" If we fill to arise and r at th
first oil! of the I.ord we miv not all he as,
fortun ite as Tomb for an opportunity
lost is sometime almost alwajs lost fnr
ever We must work the works of him
thit Fcnl its while it is called to dav. fo'
the night Cometh, when no man can vork
vAe must be about our rather s hi.siiiei
The rati should be re-pondul to t heer
full If t! ere it, jo In hevven amnm,
the angels over one sinner that repnteih
surelj there ouglil 10 he jo on eirth
among the sons of God In the work of
hiding sinners, to repentince 'Mike a
Jovfu! no'n unto the Iyiid. serve the
i rd with gladness, comr btfore his pres
ence with singing- When the -hepherd
pictured bj the mitchless pr, nf Christ
went out to find his lost sheep and n
terned, he did not tell of his trills dm
ing his search he did rot point to his
thcrn-plererd hinds and feet, nor to his
clothing titteied and torn with briers lie
tun not speK or hunger and thirst and
latigue, but he said Rejoice with me. I
have 'ound tho sheep that vva- lost '
When Wellington once had some h izird-
ous work to perform for tne Queen he
f.ieided to compel his men to engige in 11
with him Insteid however, he nsked
those WI19 would go cheerfully to ad
vance three paces, wh'le lie removtd
some distance from them and turned his
back I'pn turning about again, the line
vas still straight He showed his disap
pointment in his face, when the mm at
the c"d of the column remirked. Gen
eral, everj man has advinced three
p tecs'
"Gol-? call to Jomh wis to a difficult
and discouraging dutj. It was to go to
"Greater Nineveh,' the metropolis of the
world, the "otv of b'oods." and crv
ngalnbt it Nineveh was noted for two
things its greatness in the estimation of
men and its wh-kedncss in the sight of
God To this wicked, he ithen city Jonah
was cilled to go as a missionary.
'Contemplate the wickedness of our
modern cities v.e hive hnd the life and
death of Jesus ".he Christ 1e have had
two thousand venrs,of gospel preaching,
we have had hundreds of churches thou
sands of Christians, and Bibles, which can
be had for the asking, and let the wick
edness of our cities (our own not except
ed) must come up as a stench before the
Almighty There is covetousnesb, luuri,
pomp, lrrellgion. injustice, robberv, mur
der and what not Such a condition of
things almost places the wickedness of
heathen N'lneveh bejond tho conception
of the human mind Entering Its gates
one was in the midst of the noise of whins
and wheels, the prancing of hor-es, the
Jumping of chariots, the flame of sword
and flash of spear, and the sum was mul
tudts slain
"Let us look with charltj. therefore,
upon Jonah's disobedience. At leist those
of us who live in gIaBs houses need not
thrown anv stones He rose up not to
obev but to fke from the presence of
the fml He rose up to go down the
broad path of nn He went down to .Top
pa We need not condemn Jop?h as long
as we are willing to speik to tl e lost. Too
manv of us must confess that we. like
Jonah, rise up at the command of God, not
to do his will, but o ir own, not to say.
'Nearer, ray God to Thee." but to flee from
his presence: not to go up to the Nineveh
of dutv. but to go down to the Joppa of
pleasure
'Sin is alwavs down-grade The back
slider never slides uphill It is 'down from
the heights of fellowship with God; down
from tho life tf high and noble purpose;
down from self-restraint and high en
deavor: down into strife without victorv.
Into toll without fruit, lnt? mere mones
making. mere pleasu-e-seeking, mere time
westing' 'He found a ship' There's
manv a p tinted ship leadv to set sill
when one Is on the downward wav But
everv ship weighing inchor and spieiding
its stils to be filled with the favoring
breeze is not meant 101 us We dire not
pas" Iightlv a God-given opportuuit) and
think to make amends bv t iking adv tn
tage of the next one upon which cjicum
stinces seem at fust to hniile Tiie reiu
wa is not alwavs th tight wav and we
can count 011 th little voice within to tell
us when it N not.
"Beloved, fice the lion of uninviting
dutv lti bis den A dutv sometimes has
an ugl appearance to the foresight but
set to work to rerform it nnd see v. hat
the 'hindsight' will leveal Tine and list
ing h topmess tevei comes hi running
awaj from dutv Bv all means if God
calls jou to Nineveh go"
Tills is shown m th aim-" uid ambitions
of multitude for themselves and thtir
luldren as hp operate on the low plane
of mere eittbi ind ccminerciii succtss
" Ibis pn -eminent value miliorstllj
plirtd on llf, ii 10 be found in Its tela
tlon to th (ernal world "'IK 1101 all of
life to lit. nor til of i!( atb to die 'I his
is pintl dm d within us all hut It was
left 10 1 "lit 1st lo hrlnr to light life ind
inimortaliti This .s ilie mere irelmJe
10 cur lrue xstnce 'I o eonelude thit
this life I-" all llf. lias referetic a'one to
the pri.sent would ni ike life 1 mnlt cen
tiniptlhl. trifling m ittei
the en.i 00. s iot quil mans . hirar
t r nor ai" lite itsult-. onimensur ite
with the miterhils emploied 11 tr sthre
in ovpl 111 iilon for bis powers nnd .apu
Hies h nius" go through life with his
w tuts nnd Ioncincs unsi'ld, (i He as
sutnts cnnu ti s ptophe'tes cttaln i
an 1 rots
I'm when we adjust him is h 1 ichl'i
belongs to 1 future world then we have
a solution lo 111 enunis Ills being ind
lis mndltions an i nplo nienfs nnd exp.
latlons are Intelligible As so in as we .e
lint the present is onlv Inlroiuclori to
the future ind draws ifier it endl s np
sequtn es ill is treni. iidoiis'.v grand an 1
life his m It infinite vilue As the fotm-l-"tlon
is important In j ''01111 .h 11 to the
biiildini.s hdaht ind grandeur so life Is
to he istfmited bj the rindeur and the
peiman.nev of its effects
( hrist s wirnlrgs of Jnce- ire not
direete to mnmentarv dangers of time
with which we wiestje hut the peril of
losing our soi.I Feir no them which ne
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OR TRUE VALUE OF LIFE.-'
Reverend .ToMephu Meplinii Sn
TIihI linn Cnterttitii. Kminroun
oneeptiftn of Ills Insistence.
THE RLA JO-EPHI S STEPHAN.
Pastor of the Marvin Memorial M E
Church, South
ab'e to kill the bods but ire not able to
kill the soul, but rather fear him which 1"
able to iestrov both sojI and bodv hi hell
Thi was the basis of his mediatorial work
not dime to save us f-om sorrow or oth
er disabilities of life merelj. but final ind
eternal los and to give 11- the ppf.ct
bliss 0f heaven God gives us his estimate
of our vale, in deeming him worth the in
finite sacrifice of his ,on
"Our posslblllt'ei ilso give value to life
Even those of the n itural world the mere
success which is earthlv, 01 the develop
ment of the mental tic iltles, or the as
tonishing achievements of m in. are a won-
,S.. ut tIlo io not compare with the pos
sibilities of his siinthood and h's true
character as a m in of God The mere
possllliitv of earthl" idvaneemcnt is but
a Iv pe of what is possible on moral and
spiritual lints The transformitlon of the
wild gripe wild apple, wild flower into the
finest fruit and most eos.H flower is a
picture of the transforming powir of tho
grnce of God A bar of Iron in native
state Is voith K. wh;n converted Into
horseshoes is worth !?. made into needles,
KM. ink) penkniie blade $3,000. and into
balance spijns for watches. KaO.Oiio. But
who can estimate the -alue of that life
absolutely committed to the divine work
manship In charai-ter and In service for
his age
"The verj hrevitv and present limita
tions of life are an argument for its value.
ve hive but one life and a short, fleet
ing one at that In it is nrnnnwl no nil
our possibilities our privileges our prepa
ration H is like the vouth who finds his
time for life s preparatiop brief, and
if missed then is missed forever.
"Life is our opportunity, the greatness
of which is, detei mined bv the greatness
of the prize which is to be won or lost
If there be a season to obtiln the salva
tion of the soul, nnd in which to zlorifi
tod It will be .is superior to everv other
ppportur'tj '1 t-e salvit'on of the soul
Itsolf surpissos ever; secular clilm The
gopel is a sovereign nnd n. onlv temedj .
offers bless'nrs aswcnble to all 0111
v ints fj.t t.lpy lre ,,tt limbic onlj in
Hie Now s the acceptable time, now is
the div of salvation Although fortunate
enough to secure forgiveness lite in life
there is the inestlmible los of what we
might 1 ave been through the grace of
God The -lnn-'s ire alwavs igiinst hun
who Is dilldillving concerning the great
question of silvatlon
"What conummite folly to let an
thing et !n between us and this great
boon To cons'der whit others say or
think or do what we mav materlilly
gain or lo-c Chiap indeed Is the price
tor whlcn -ve ire exchinging lifeV great-
st hlessings and possibilities-mere tem
poral ard pe.-smal trifles are the pitiable
svm We once knew an old mm who died
of a broke 1 he n t because he had sold a
most vatuab'e p'ece of mining propert
for i trifle, to the profit of anothei, but
what it t'.it to soling too cheap the
glorious mil 'i"spealtab!e possibilities of
lite, as weighed in the balance of eter
nitj Here 's the sei ret nf hell s re
morse 'I lilt, v Ml be the chief ingrnlient
of eternal woe
SIGNIFICANCEOFlESUS
CASTING OUT DEMONS.
' Truth F on
alue of Life
fvenhig sermon
sepliiiH Stephan
morial M E. V
the Devil, or the True
was the subject of the
bv the Reverend Jo
pastor of Mirvln Me-
Murch, South His tel
THE REVEREND E W McCLUSKV.
Pastor of the Curb- Memorial Presby
terian Church.
practical lesson"" for the Christian in
everyday life. I do not desire to discuss
the interpretation of the book, or to at
tempt a solution of Its knotty problems.
I leave such work to the ecclesiastical
gladiators Doctor Harper strikes the key
note when he says that the underljing
principle is the love of God. and Words
worth Is apt as well as poetical In saying
thit the book of Jonah is like a beaatlful
rainbow of hope set by God's hand in the
was Job ii 4 Skin for skin, vea all that
he bath will a man give foi his life ' He
Srtid In part
"We have the bcriutuie statement that
the devil 's a liar and the f ither or lies,
but even a lla- can sometimes tell the
ttuth. as does this ateh liar In the words
of the text That a mill will give every
thing he has for his life Is a seir-evident
truth, and corroborated in the experience
of n'l mankind Truth is the same, it
matter, not who miv utttr it. and hence
the devil mav be tiken for an authority
as to the bupetlatlve value of life
"The love of life is a God-given uni
versal nst!n; The lowest savage pos
sesses the livv of self-preservat'on, and
will defend h's rights and hiteiests but
as we go up ire ascending scale there is
a gieater value ana appreciation 01 the
privilege of living So powerful is this
lrttinct that no sacrifice is too great to
pre-erve our phjsical life. Convince a
man that the onlv way to save his life is
to pan wltu anv or all or his limbs, and
he does not hesitate a moment rather
tlan to b-5 buried with them all We feel
this passion fo- life before we can ap
preciate "s wet' . o"- est'mate the evil
o' tl e loss Age does not dimmish It,
mlsety does not extinguish it. during
all fo icars of natural life 't holds us
like the stem the apple on the bough
"But this instinct was not given slm
plv to preserve the mere phjsical, sensuous
Hfe for Its own sake. Life has in it a
higher valuation than merely breathing
and sleepirg and eating and drinking, en
jojing and buffering, v orking and obtain
ing That would be a desoerate estimate
of it. and vet that is all that it means to
the great masses
' One class adopt, consciouslv or uncon
sciouslv, the materialistic view, making
life phjsical In its birth physical in its
aims and ambitions, and phjsical in its
death, while different In degree from all
other animal life, vet In the ultimate end
on the same level The thought of the oth
er clas. whose view is a logical result of
our commercial age. Is what Is a man
worth, not what is he? What can he pro-
I lit ItevcicEiiI Iloctor Vliehuel ltiirit
liant Pleaches oti "Demonlnt nl
ro-4seisif.il" at I'llrim I Inireli.
' Domotiiacal Possession" was the
Hibjfet of t seimou bj the Reverend Doc
tor Michael Burnh mi at the Pilgrim Cou
Kiegatlonal Chuich jesterdiv morning.
lie took his text from Maik v. 19 ' How
beit Jesus suffered hi"! not but siith uii-
dark cloud of sin and sufferinc
"In this passage Jonah appears' as 'a duce. not w hat good can he accomplish
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but the sm tiler ruinbei .ofs not evi Iudi
the lirtei Ltfijetie and his son both
visit, d Vm'iiu mil weie vtrvwhre
tie ited with iiinri m nj) ,m m,t r,t
trs speak onlv of l.iftj.ie The demon! ir
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son iindouhtedlv Ho. tor Hovtv pointed
out Iikew s.. 1 ,. dlfintive between de
mon! ism and invinltv 'rher. mav hav
been 1 suhsiritiim of phjsiiai ris-ase
but the Intllrtioii wi- not mrlj p,i uril
Trent h sivs verv iptlv Our lird evr
where spoiks of dcnioninrs not as per
stismoiei. of disoidei. i mteli. t hut i-
si.bjets ind tlirjlls of an al en -piritual
might He ac'drssrs th' evil splnt as
distinct from Hie uum
This m'nde stmds in striK'ns o-i
tra-n with the one that wnt tmmediatelj
p.lore where 01 r Ixird eilmd ih" winds
Hid i.T e- of Galilee he first bidding
nt Christ to tl o rienionta nas not 1m
irrdlnitlv oteje.i There was a remon
strani. 11 ev sought to find a dwlllng
plnee in the swme As to the question
Whit right the Lord hid to allow the loss
of the swine" a sufficient invver Is foun 1
in th" rei , flriql nmp to .v.
the souls o' mp and not the live; of
these su.no, v h'rh thes men had come
over Into Gidara to riise to sfll to the
Gentile" "
There rouM not have len as we sttidv
the pis-cage a verj . xalted moral cur.d
tlon In Gidara where the first thing that
met our Lor 1 wer two demoniies, and
then thee men n greit excitement com
Ing to him ind bc,clng him that he
won!. defirl ojt or their coasts So t'f
ferent were thev from the r"ople of Sa
maria after the conversation with the
woman at the well f-o different were
tti from those on the other s!1e or the
like who glidlj welcomed Jr-us as he
returned to them Our Lord verified the
fact that, a3 one his sa.d 'there should
be som einples of severltv to check
the presumption of mankl-d in ill ago,
ind to warn them of the denger or re
fecting i divine prophet, vho, though he
emlnentlv appeared as the messenger of
Gods Inv, w i- ilso the nrromtfl min
istet of h's Jl,sti"e '
And so .Testis stood out m greater
crindeiir because of thi evnt And now
as Jesus w..s about to leave, the -e-deemed
mm wonted o go with him, hut
Jesus would not permit it. ind bade him
1 thus Go home to tnj friends, and tr 11
them how grea things the Lord lnth
done for thDe prd hith had ecmpassion
on thee
There were evident reisop'i whv the
mm should wa.it to go with Jesus It
has been supposed that a fear 'lest in hc
ebsence of hi" deliverer the spirits of the
pit should resume their dominion ovT
him possessed him, and he felt nowhere
so sife as in the neirness eo Chrht '
Tncn too. he was full of gratitude and de
sired to be near him. to whom he oved
his mightj deliverance But whatever
was his molivt the Lord sufered him not:
and ahx) for manifest reasons Our Lord
himself was leaving tnoe who had shown
themselves so unworthj of his pre"cnce,
and this man, so singularly delivered from
tne worst pondage to evil ind the evil
one. would 'be to them a standing monu
ment of his grace and power, an evidence
that he would have healed them and v.as
willing to heal them still, of all the
dlseises of their souls' And the very fact
that the man 'departed nnd began to rub
llsh in Decapolis how great things Jesus
had done for him, and all men did mar
vel,' showed that among the peop'e who
know his former condition and now saw
his marvelous chance the go-tpel of sal
vation through Chrl6t would be best ap
preciated Our most effective work in
preaching the gospel can be. will be onlj'
after we have experienced it
"But as wo situdj more deeplv the pas
sage we can see that the peculiar moral
condition of the man himself needed just
this going out among those who knew him
best James had commanded others whom
he healed, 'See thou tell no man ' but here
'was a temperament overincllned to nel
ancholj. with his fellow -men' so came the
command to go and tell others the great
things God had done for him The healthy
condition of his own soul demanded it
' This man stands as an exhibition of
the fruit of moral evil, moral evil which
Includes what maj have been the rerult
of his own sins as well as the sins of
others I dare say this man was a sin
ner. That was not his misfortune, it was
his guilt But he was alo a victim of
misfortune Demoniasm was a calamitv,
and he was a pitiable demoniac But the
results and fruits of our own stns and
the sins of others In such a world as this
can be named legion
' "i similar figure nf spiritual desola
tion Is found where seven devils were cast
out cf Marj Magdalene; and where the
man out of whom the unclean spirit had
gone, in his failure to find rest, decided to
return to his house and take with him
seven other spirits more wicked than him
self This is a sid picture of spiritual
desolation A double feeling Is engendered
as we look upon such a eight. First, the
sin and guilt of men who are nlwajs cill
ing about themselves evil spirits, cursing
me worm wun uwiui sins ana sinners,
festering rum shops, brothels, briberj.
crueltv. lust, theft, madness, creates a
feeling of Indignation. And then, as we
mime 01 inoso wno suncr who are not
Personally gruiltj of these great moral
desolations on earth, our feeling turns to
pltj.
"But Jesus was equal to all this Christ
came on earth to fice all these moral
evils to be maligned bj- them, to be cruci
fied bv them, and jet an infinite love, if
men will receive his person and his pow
er, is equal to all of them, ind mightier
than all the hoots of moral evil
"I quute from John Chrysostom gladly
his ingenious remark that 'the animals
which went out of Noah's nrk went out
the s ime as thej tame In. The crow went
out a crow, the wolf, a wolf, the fox. a
fox But the church (and we might sub
stitute Christ fot the church) transforms
the. animals she receives Into her bosom,
not bv anv change In their substance, but
bj the xtirpatlon of their sin ' The magic
wand of a Circe formerlj metamorphosed
men into brutes, but the Divine Word
changes the brutes into true men "Tea,
more than this it changes them Into an
gels '
' So this man was changed from the sin
ner, the demoniac the vli tim of moral
evil Into the imuge of Christ and at his
feet with u bond of affection never to be
broken til life or hi death
Whit this unfortunate demoniac gave
up in the change that came over him we
can cailv see He gave up the evil spirit
that possessed him: his uunatuial life, his
povertv, homeless wanderings wretched
ness restlessness deeds of violence and
sin. he received ill the ble-slrgs that came
witli a reasonable mind, comforts of life,
good fnends. the Lord Jesus with his rest
and his peace and his usefulness
"There weie two prajcrs here, one of
which the Savior granted The Gadarenes
piajed him to depart out of their coast,
and he went, nevi to return so far as we
I-now. The demoniac prajecl Christ that
1 e might remain with him. but Tesus sent
him home to his friends to tell them what
the Lord had done, nnd he won stars foi
his crown He could laboi where he was
best known
"Je-ni Christ, my dear hearer. 1 omes to
us with the offer of infinite blessing We
have the power to receive all the impress
of alien spiritual might; we tan receive
also the power of Jeus Christ his life, his
salvation his marvelous grace, and re
ceive it in abundance"
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THE REV MICHAEL BURNHAM
Pastor of the First Congregational Church.
to him Go nomc to tlij friends, and tell
them hov great -h ngs the Lord natn
done for thee, and hath had compassion
on thee," ind said, in pirt-
Ihe same nairative Is found In
Matthew vili and Luke viil These nar
ratives are lull of instruction, and thej
have been deeplj studied
"There are some d fferenccs in the
statemcnti of the three evangelists, but
no contradictions There are differences
as to the exact locat'on of the ancient
Gadara or Gcrgasa. Doctor Thompson is
satisfied that the place called Gcrgasa in
Origin's time is the place, and so modern
Gersa, or Kersa.
"Matthew speaks of the two demoniacs.
Aiiiiiwuiuiy of Monsignor Muciil
Mcpen's De.uh to lie
CoiiiTnenioralecl.
The death one ear ago. of the Right
Reverend Monslgnor Muehlslepen A . G
will be temembered at the Ursuline Con
vent, of which he was chaplain, next
Thursdaj morning Invitations, have been
sent out to the diocesan priests by the
Reverend Tether Francis Goeke. the
present chaplain of the convent, on behalf
of the Ursuline Sisters announcirg a sol
emn requlen mass in the Convent Chapel
at 9 30 o clock Thursdaj mornirg this dav
being the anniversary of Mons'gnor
MuehNIepen s death
After fortj-four years of absence. Sis
ter V Wllhelmina, superioress of the
Holv Name School at Alleghenj, Pa , and
he! sister. Sister M Adtiara of the Or
phinage at Newark, N. J relumed to
their none at Belleville. Ill . lat week
to pav- a visit to their aged mother, Mrs
Elizabeth Rudolph, of No 101 South Mill
street, and their brothers, Messrs' John
and George Rudolph The two nuns are
guests of the Sisters of the Immaculate
Conception Convent Mrs Rudolph is Di
vears old, and the rellgleuses are 61 and 63
j ears old, rcspectlvelj.
The feast of St. Vincent de Paul, which
in the calender of the church occurs to
morrow, will, as in former vears, be cel
ebrated with unusual grandeur bj- the
whole St. Vincent de Paul Socletj. next
Sundaj. There will be a general commu
nion of all the members at T 30 o'clock
mass, at the Church of St X. Incsnt de
Paul, Ninth and Barry streets, after
St. Louis, July 15, 1904.
The Morrison Hcptol Co.. St. Louis. Mo.:
Gentli-mcn I have tp.m1 Hcptol Split and take pleasure
in recommending them as a very fine and pleasant, sparkling
aperient water, with miuf-ually agreeable effect5". I have sent
samples to friends and have heard nothing but good reports
from them. Very truly yonr,
J AS. J. CORBETT.
This is but a sample of the hun
dreds of other equally strong indorse
ments received from Doctors, Lawyers
and the general public.
which the qairterlj mcctins will be held
In the school hall
The members of St Virccnt de Paul
Socletv visited Mount St Rose s- Hospital
on South Broaowaj yeaterdiv at 3 p. m
The euchre nnd lawn fete given in the
beautiful grounds of All Siints' Church,
corner Sixtj-third street and Maple ave
nue, was a splendid success flninclallj
and sociallv. The attendance was very
good ard the weather perfect. The rec
tor, the Reverend Father J- S. Long,
wishes to return most sincere thanks to
all patrons
A handsome new- parsonage for the Rev
erend Father Joseph Meckel of St. Mary's
Church, Alton. Ill . will be reaov for occu
pancy within few weeks The present
parsonage will be devoted to school purposes.
A triduum In honor of St Ann. the
mother of tho blessed virgin Marv, will
be held in St. Ann's Church. Page boule
vard and Whlttier street Julj 24 to li. In
clusive The Revet end Father Chapoton.
C. SS. R, will conduct tho exercises
Among the manj beautiful pictures and
statuary in the Fine Arts building at the
World's Fair a bust in marble of his
nrnee irehhisllOTl P J Rvan. Of Ptllla-
de.phia. attracts particular attention It
occupies a prominent position in tho large
room, near the entrance
The Revet end Father P G Brunner O
S B . of Florence Ala, was in the-iity
a few dajs this week, the guest of the
Franciscan Fathers
The Reverend Fathets Quinlan and
Nicholas S J . who were recentlj or
diined b" Aiehbishop Glcniion at M
Fuincls Xaviers (college) Church sang
their first mass in Chicago list week at
the Church of the Holy Famllj
Bj the will of Marv Welch of Quincj,
111. the um of JIM Is left to the lector
of St Peter's Church to be used lor the
benent of the church The residue of the
estate Is to be equallj divided between
the Sisters of the Poor, who have charge
nf St Marv's Hospital and St Vincents
Home for the Aged
The Reverend Father Bourke of Rock
ford 111. was a visitor in the city last
week
1 he Reverend TaUier Jacques of Mar
quette. Mich . who has been vl-dtlng the
Reverend M S Brennan of St. Lawrenco
p Toole s Oiureh the past three 3?
has departed for home weeks.
At the meet'ng of the Father Jtathew
Monument Association Wednesday even
ing the following committee was appoint
ed to select committees to visit the vari
ous councils and place the matter before
t,n. Edward Devoj W j Walsh. Pat
nek Mulcahj. E. J. Costlgan and Thomas
Bowdern.
The Rovererd rather Scanlcn ' of
Shackleford. Mo . sailed for Ireland early
last week
Brother Louis. C SS. R.. who for ovtrf
four years has been stationed at SU
Alphonsus Church departs in a few days
for New Orleans. La
The Reverend G H. Worpenberg; S J.
of St Man's. lias., will open a retreat
C."9' !,or the Ladies of the Sacred
Iieart at Maryvllle. South St. Louis.
The Reverend Edward Kennedy. C. SS.
R.. of Kansas Citj. Me . Is conducting-tho
annual retreat for the Sisters of St. Joseph
on Cass avenue The exercises wiU close
Saturday morning.
The Reverend Father Weir, S. J.. Is con
ducting the annual retreat for the Sisters
or '"C Visitation, on Washington boule
vard. The retreat will close to-morrow.
The Reverend Father Kenney, S. J . vice
president of St Louis University: the
Reverend Fathers Ganey, S J. and Wil
liam helau. S J . of Florissant. Mo , are
giving retreats In Chicago and vicinity.
SHOT FIRED FROM A TRAIN.
Robert Calvert Says That a Sol
dier Caused His Wound.
Robert G. Calv ert a paperhanger. of No.
S;iw Minnesota avenue, wns bronsht to the
cilv vesterdaj afternoon on a Wabash
train and taken to the Cltv Hospital, suf
fering from a wound in the right leg.
which he said was inflicted bv a soldier
who fired a pistol from the platform of
an M K. ct T train neir Moberly.
Calvert safd that he was sitting along
side the Katj tracks about a mile from
Moberlj vesterdav morning at 6 o'clock
when a train loaded with soldiers pissed
From the plitform of the lat car. he savs.
i soldier tired a pistol He does not be
lieve the soldier fired directly at him. but
was shooting more at random
Moberlv phvslcinns treated him tempo
rarilj and then ent him to St. Louis.
His wound is not serious
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